Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17

Is generally worn a triae longer thnn
the regulation style In height he is
almost ; feet : inches and weighs.
should think, 30 pounds. He is
well preserved, and in reality don't appear 10
DC much over 40 years Of age His wife is
pleasant faced lady, who resembles her h,is-
band n many respects. She is remarkably
tne musician and a devout Roman Catholic.
but IN these two respects * very unlike her
superby educated husband, who is neither.
They have three children. The Oldest Igna-
tiuS Jr., IS doctor and practices in St.
Paul. The Youngest is a lawyer and the
other child is a married daughter, and she re-
sides IN ST Louis
Mr.. Donnelly IS well known as a politician.
He was formerly Republican, but is now a
Democrat During the war he was governor
or Minnesota for time and later was lien
tenant governor for four years. He has
served IN the state senate five years, slbs--
quertly representing Minnesota in congress
FOR period OF six years. Mr. Donnelly's adj
m;rerS boaSrsully refer 70 the fact that he
spoke on straight stretch in congress once
FOR SIX mortal hours. He is brillan.
speaker, and IS one Of the most pleasing and
entertaining stump orators in the vest Bis
command OF the English language is remark
able. and his repartee Is as bright as fash OF
lightning. Once when he was delivering a
powerful political peroration some one def
antlv hurled n head Of cabbage at him He
paused a second and said: Gentlemen. only
asked your ears: don't care for Your heads
He was not bothered any fugther during the
remainder OF bis speech.
Mr.. DOnnelv's library is the finest in the
state In addition 70 the ordinary books Of
fne library he has collected a great many
curious things in the preparation of his diff
ferent works. He has been working almost
steadily on his Bacon cipher for five OF six
years. In speaking Of this work he said 70
me. Il can assure YOU that the Bacon cipher
in the Shakespeare plays is a reality, and will
be demonstrated to be such within a short
time. / am working steadily at it-elaborGt-
ing by a rule a coherent and intensely inter
esiing narrative | feel sure of having the
story ready for the printers by July at the
latest In explanation of Mr. Donnellys re-
marks it is necessary to give an outline of
what he proposes To do. He claims to hive
discovered a cipher in the Shakespeare plays
which prove that they were written by Sir
Francis Bacon, and says the publication OF
his book will stamp Bacon the one conspicu-
Gus figure OF mankind
Five years ago Nr. Donnelly began un-
raveling the mystery of the cipher He
POSSESSES a Photographic copy Of the very
earliest folio edition of the Shakesperian
PLAYS, which was issued seven years after the
death Of Shakespeare or about the year 1925
He has almost worn out the book which he
has pored over for 80 iOng'a time Mr. Don
nelly i Convinced that the mnin principle Of
the mystic crher' Is based upon the paging
Of the lsj e,lition. The cipher story, he
/ claims. WAS written by Bacon, intelligently
skcletcnzed. and the plays were written to
III n,' a. it were. He thirks the way the
work was done was marvellous. and that his
elaboration viii marx Bacons work as one Of
the wonders of the world
The collection on different pages of the
words Francis Bacon Nicholas pa
cons SON etc. lHerry the Fourth. at IL
scenes :. ,. :. for instance first satisfied him
t1at there was some ciplier behind Il all. and
bis investigations proved that these occur
reucf- wese Hursrsf 4 in anv other work
aud e0uid net b. mcFr medicines He was
further convinced that there was some hidden
story IN The text ~ the PLAYS by the repeated
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home of Bacon. o. ~Gravs inn. where Ra-
con had bis lodgings. end the fact that strat
fori. 'he home q Shakespeare. was nowhere
mentioned After iong afi patient invssti-
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